Envelop-moistener.



'PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905.

L. S. DUNCAN.

ENVELOPA MOISTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1904.

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No. PA781,136. v

UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

LEwIS s. DUNCAN; or oIIAT'rANooeA, TENNESSEE.

ENvELoP-MOIASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,136, dated January 31 1905.

Application led June 22, 1904. Serial No. 213,617.

Be itknown that I, LEWIS S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chattanooga, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Tennessee, have inventedA certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop-Moisteners, of which the following is a specification.l

This is an improvement in devices for moistening the gummed flaps of envelops.

It is an object of the invention to provide an inexpensive, durable. and efficient struc- An embodiment of the invention is disclosed .on the accompanying sheet of drawings,l

whereon- Figure 1 illustrates In elevation a device embodying the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the application of the envelop,

and FigL-'S is transverse sectional view of.

respectively, of said chamber and on the diametrically opposite sides are provided with` an offset 8 and 9, which constitute bearings for journals 10 and 11, carried by la revolving member 12, which in the present instance is provided with a stem 13, having a milled head 14, by which the same may be manually operated. This revolving member in the present instance may be provided with a4 blanket 15, adapted to be slipped on endwis'e of said roller and maintained in place and having its ends tucked into a recess 16, Fig. 1,' of the revolving member.

As a closure for said casing I provide a lid 17, having anvopening 18, .through which a portion ofthe circumference of the roller may extend, and this lid is maintained to the casing by spring-arms 19 and 20, respectively, having portions 21Y and 22 suitably offset to take against the under side of the projections 23 and 24 of the casing 4.

Carried by the cover 17 of the casing 4 in the present instance are a pair of uprights 25 and 26, 'having a connecting-brace 27, and

adapted to slide up and down on these uprights is a member- 28, having a shoe 29., the under side 3() of which conforms to the circumference of the revolving member 12. This member 28 in the present instance is provided with a lug 31, which is screw-threaded to receive a screw 32 and which is journaled into the cross-bar 27. In this way the member 28 may beraised orlowered by turning the member 33 to any position with relation to the face of the roller 12, so as to accommodate the different thicknesses of paper of which the envelopsvmay be made. I

ln practice the chamber 5 of the casing is partially filled with Water whereby the blanket v15 may absorb the same and the Hap of the envelop slipped under the member 28, so that its.

gummed edge 34 may come in contact with vthe wet blanket, and thus be moistened for sealing. 'After' a number of envelops have been moistened it will be observed that the blanket will naturally become clogged with the gum, whereupon the thumb-piece 14 may be turned, and thus rotate the roller and blanket until a new and vclean portion thereof presents itself to the working point. It will be observed that the edges 35 and 36 of the opening in the. lid through which the roller projects is so close to the face of the blanket that during the turning of the thumb-piece 14 lsuch edges will assist in scraping o i this gum,v which may be suitably removed thereafter, and the balance with which the blanket is impregnated may be soaked y,out inthe bath.

The precise construction and arrangement of parts as described and shown herewith need not be necessarily adhered to within the purview of this invention.

It will be observed that I provide a simple construction involving a reservoir and roller gum edgel thereof, and that such device is` highly desirable in connection with the seall IOO Wet in various Ways with this device. One Way is to draw a strip of stamps through the device in a manner similar to wetting the moved and the stamps may be Wet one at al time on the roller.

1f it is desired to use the device in counting money or turning over leaves of paper, the lid may be removed and the lingers may be dampened on the )vet roller.

Having thus described my invention, l claim 1. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having an opening through which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, and means carried by said lid for pressing an envelop-flap on said roller.

2. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having an opening through which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, and adj ustabl ymounted means carried bysaid lid for pressing an envelop-Hap on said roller.

3. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having an opening through Which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, and means carried by said lid for pressing an envelop-flap on said roller, and means to hold said lid upon the reservoir.

4. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having an opening through which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, adjustablymounted means carried by said lid for pressing an envelop-Hap on said roller, and means to hold said lid upon the reservoir.

5. An envelop-moistenercomprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable -blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having` an opening through which said roller projects, the edges oi'l said opening adapted to scrape saidl roller, means carried by said lid for pressing an en velop-Hap on said roller, and spring-clips carried by the lid adapted to snap into place on said reservoir for holding said lid thereagainst.

6. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller mounted therein, a removable blanket carried thereby, means for retaining said blanket in place, a lid carried by said reservoir, and having an opening through which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, adjustablymounted means carried by said lid for pressing an envelop-Hap on said roller, and springclips carried by the lid adapted to snap into place on said reservoir for holding said lid thereagainst.

7. An envelop-moistener comprising a reservoir, a roller rotatably mounted therein, a removable moistening-blanket carried by said roller, means for retaining the blanket in place, a thumb-piece for turning said roller, a lid for said reservoir and having' an opening through which said roller projects, the edges of said opening adapted to scrape said roller, a device carried by said lid for pressing an envelop-flap against said roller, a lug carried by said device and a screw-threaded member cooperating with said lu g to adjust the pressing member with relation to the roller.

LEWIS S. DUN GAN l/Vitnesses:

FRED. W. BARN/iene,

JOHN O. Snirnnrr. 

